Mofan Hunts Monsters, Dongfang Chen Woos Girls

"Was it you who saved me?"

The girl slowly regained consciousness in Dongfang Chen's arms, and her eyes met his at once.

Her mind was still hazy; she only remembered being attacked by some strange creature in the dressing room.

Then she had passed out, and now she woke up to see Dongfang Chen.

"How are you feeling right now?" Dongfang Chen asked.

The girl shook her head. "Terrible. I don't have any strength at all."

"It's normal to feel weak. You were infected by a demon—there's a parasite inside you, and it's been frantically absorbing your body's nutrients."

Dongfang Chen grabbed the girl's wrist and slit open her thumb.

From the blood thread of the cut, a wriggling parasitic worm suddenly emerged.

Dongfang Chen snatched the worm, and Exotic Fire rose in his hand, instantly refining it to nothing.

"You're fine now. With this kind of parasitic demon, as long as you clean out the larvae before they grow inside you, there's no problem."

The girl spoke weakly, "You... are you Dongfang Chen? My name is Baitingting."

"Yes. Do you know me?"

Dongfang Chen looked towards Baitingting.

Even though her face was deathly pale now, it wasn't hard to see she had a delicate, lovely appearance.

If anything, that pallor added a touch of sickly beauty to her.

Dongfang Chen did know of Baitingting, but that was from his past life's memories of the original work.

In this life, he didn't recall having any connection with her.

"Of course I know you... cough, cough..."

Baitingting spoke a bit too hastily, but her stamina wouldn't allow such rapid speech yet.

"You're quite famous on our Green Campus."

A faint smile emerged on Baitingting's face.

There was another thing she didn't say.

She had actually had a very poor impression of Dongfang Chen before.

Her family, the Bai Family, was one of the four great families of Magic City and also a partner of the Dongfang Family.

Earlier on, her family had tried to set her up with Dongfang Chen.

But she hated that kind of marriage of convenience, so she refused and ended up falling out with her family.

On top of that, Dongfang Chen always had two pretty girls by his side.

So Baitingting's impression of him had soured.

The reason she had come to this concert today was mainly to clear her head.

"Thank... thank you for saving me."

Now that Dongfang Chen had rescued her, an inexplicable feeling stirred in Baitingting's heart.

She couldn't say she disliked him—after all, he had saved her life, and calling him a lifesaver worthy of offering herself to wasn't an exaggeration.

But she couldn't say she liked him either; it hadn't reached that point.

Even Baitingting herself wasn't sure what she felt.

Rip!

Suddenly, the sound of fabric tearing came from beside them.

Mofan's arm burned with pain, and fresh blood gushed out.

"Damn it, my Sickle Bone Shield!"

Mofan cried out in anguish.

His Sickle Bone Shield was only the lowest grade of Shield Magic Tool. Against a Commander Level Scale Skin Demon Mother, it couldn't hold out long before being destroyed.

"Die! Die!"

The Commander Level Scale Skin Demon Mother could already spit out clear words.

Its tongue was like an incredibly sharp soft sword—even swiping across the ground left a deep scratch mark.

Mofan didn't dare be careless at all, and the destruction of his Sickle Bone Shield made him even more hesitant.

"Mofan, just say the word if you need help."

Dongfang Chen's voice came through.

It made Mofan grit his teeth.

Here I am fighting for my life, and you, Dongfang Chen, are just standing there with a girl in your arms?!

Furious as he was, Mofan could only fume for a moment.

Who told me to be greedy for this bounty?

"Zhao Manyan, get over here and help!"

Even though Mofan didn't want Dongfang Chen to step in, he could still call on Zhao Manyan.

The two had agreed beforehand—the bounty for taking down the Scale Skin Demon Mother would go to Mofan, and Zhao Manyan would throw in a Lightning Element Spirit Seed as a bonus.

As for the credit, that belonged to Zhao Manyan.

Even if Dongfang Chen had put in effort during this mission, how they split the credit between themselves was their business.

Mofan couldn't care less about that.

"Coming!"

Light Blessing - Sacred Shield!

Zhao Manyan, who had already drawn his star chart on the side, pointed a finger and draped a thin layer of light-element shield over Mofan.

Though the shield was thin, it could block the Scale Skin Demon Mother's tongue, working even better than Mofan's Sickle Bone Shield.

"Thanks!"

Mofan was overjoyed. With this protection, he could finally draw the Intermediate Level Lightning Element Magic star chart without interruption!

He had tried sketching the Lightning star chart a few times before, but since his breakthrough to Intermediate Level in Lightning came later, he wasn't as practiced as with Fire, so the Scale Skin Demon Mother kept cutting him off.

"Let's see you dodge this one!"

Relying on Zhao Manyan's shield, Mofan finished drawing his Lightning star chart.

Thunderbolt - Sky Strike!

Lightning magic was incredibly penetrating and extremely fast.

Even if the Scale Skin Demon Mother wanted to dodge at the first sign, it was already too late.

Crackle!

A thick bolt of lightning slammed straight into the Scale Skin Demon Mother.

Even as a Commander Level demon, it couldn't withstand the attack from the strongest early-stage elemental system.

"Gaa!!"

The Scale Skin Demon Mother's body crackled with flickering electricity, the Paralysis Effect from the Lightning element locking it in place.

Just then, Lingling's voice came through the earpiece.

"All the Red Dots around you are converging in your direction. It's trying to have the infected Scale Skin Demon Soldiers hold you back! There are over a hundred Red Dots!"

Dongfang Chen paused, then warned Mofan, "Mofan, finish it off quickly."

"Got it!"

Mofan let out a roar and shoved another Thunderbolt into the Scale Skin Demon Mother's mouth.

Zzzap~!

The powerful Thunderbolt instantly blasted a huge hole into the ground. With the Scale Skin Demon Mother taking such a close-range hit, it was reduced to a charred corpse in an instant.

"Hoo... finally done."

Mofan collapsed to the ground, his magic energy spent.

The Scale Skin Demon Soldiers that had been closing in also died the moment the Scale Skin Demon Mother fell.

This incident was finally settled.

"You two rest here. I'll be going now."

Dongfang Chen glanced at the scene and prepared to leave, carrying Baitingting in his arms.

But Zhao Manyan caught up to him.

"Dongfang, about the credit for this incident, what do you think..."

"Since Mofan gave the credit to you, let's split it evenly between us."

Even though Dongfang Chen didn't care much about the credit, Lingling had put in considerable effort during this incident.

"Alright."

Zhao Manyan nodded. It wasn't all his credit, but getting half was still pretty good.

If Dongfang Chen had really wanted to fight for the credit, Zhao Manyan might not have been able to win anyway.

After all, with Mofan, he could just throw money at him to change his story.

Dongfang Chen waved a hand and walked off, still carrying the limp Baitingting.

Zhao Manyan watched with envy.

When would he get to hold a Beauty and walk off so coolly?